worse luck
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English
[edit]Interjection
[edit]- (UK, dated) Expressing commiseration for misfortune.
- Synonyms: too bad, what a pity
- 1909, Edith Nesbit, Harding's Luck:
- “I wasn't never 'prenticed to no trade, no more'n what you'll be.”
“Worse luck,” said Dickie. “But I started learning a lot of things—games mostly, in the dream, I did—and I started making a boat—a galleon they called it. […]